Egg lift



T. FOOTE EGG 1,1m

Filed Nov. 1e, 195e,

July 19, 193s.

Te femvsn'ron ATTORNEYS Patented July 19, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

The invention relates to an egg lift and more especially to an egg case flat for use in candling eggs.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, wherein a number of eggs while within a filler for an egg case or crate can be conveniently lifted so as to enable the candling or testing of the eggs when within the ller and thereby eliminating the necessity of the removal of the eggs from such filler during candling.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, wherein handles are provided and the latter will occupy cut away portions at opposite edges of the next higher lift when supporting llers and the eggs carried by the lifts are within a crate, case or the like so that the eggs will be nested and the candling or testing thereof can be had with dispatch, each lift being equipped with a cork covering to avoid the breaking of the eggs when subjected to jolts or jars in the handling of the lift during candling or testing of the eggs.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and effective in operation, strong, durable, and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will loe-hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which discloses the preferred embodiment of the invention and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View through a lift constructed in accordance with the invention and showing a filler for the nesting of eggs superimposed upon said lift.

Figure 2 is a top plan View of the lift.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the same.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the lift comprises a substantially square-shaped body A including a sheet tin or metal bottom section I0 having superimposed thereon a cork cover or top section II, these being matched while said sections are held united through the medium of spaced bendable ears or tongues I2 cut from theV bottom section l0 at opposed edges thereof and such ears or tongues are turned upwardly and inwardly onto the section II thus fastening this section superimposed upon the bottom section I0. 5

Formed in the bottom and top sections I6 and I I are registering holes I3 which are arranged spaced from each other in rows uniformly spaced one from the otherand these holes are adapted to accommodate eggs I4 which are seated there- 10 in by the insertion of the smaller ends of said eggs within these holes.

Adapted to be supported by the lift is an egg filler I5 for the nesting of the eggs I4 when seated in the holes I3 of the said lift. 15

At opposite edges of the sections I0 and II are matched inset clearances or recesses I6 which are adapted for accommodating swinging bail handles I1, these being linked to fastening eyes I8 which aremade secure in the body A in spaced relation to each other close to the remaining opposite edges thereof. Thus it will be seen that the handles I1 when in perpendicular position with the lifts stacked one above the other the said handles of the lower lift will occupy the recesses I6 of the upper lift in the stack when the fillers I5 are resting upon these lifts and nest the eggs I4. Thus the uppermost lift in the stack can be readily raised to permit the eggs nested by the filler I5 thereon to be conveniently candled or tested without removing the eggs from the filler and while such eggs are seated in the holes I3 in the body A and especially when the lifts with the llers and eggs therein are within a crate or case.

What is claimed is:

An egg lift comprising a substantially square shaped flat sheet-like body having spaced rows of spaced perforations therein, a cushioning section correspondingly shaped to said body, super- ,lo imposed thereon and having perforations matching the first-mentioned perforations, ears cut and bent from the body at opposite edges thereof for overlying portions adjacent thereto of the cushioning section and separably fastening the body and section together, eyes stapled throughy the body and cushioning section next to opposite edges thereof, and loop handles loosely connected to said eyes.

THEODORE FOOTE. 

